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Awkward questions from Greek referendum

Now that the proposed referendum has been called off, the EU is still left in a challenging situation

November 4 2011, 12:01am, The Times

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Sir, Although the Greek referendum appears to be called off, the issues it raised have not gone away (report, Nov 3). There is only one solution to the problem of Greece and that is to expel her from the European Union. The Greek demand for a referendum was going to force the hand of the rest of Europe to expel her. It is the only real answer. The banks which will suffer from the expulsion should be fully supported by the rest of Europe to prevent any knock-on effect.

Then once Greece is no longer in danger of defaulting, the rest of Europe will strengthen. One bad apple will make the rest bad if it is not removed, so remove it.